Re: Mary, merry, marry

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From: Eric Schiller
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 20:44

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The point is not that all speakers of English fail to distinguish between
Mary, merry and marry, simply that some do. When I taught at Wayne State
in Detroit, some of my students were astounded to discover that many of
their classmates did not share their distinction, or lack thereof. There
was even a central city/suburban dialect break, which was especially notable
in the are of slang.

Eric Schiller
University of Chicago

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